Graeme Wheeler

New Zealand public servant

Graeme Wheeler CNZM
Wheeler in 2018

11th Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand
In office 26 September 2012 – 27 September 2017
Preceded by	Alan Bollard
Succeeded by	Grant Spencer
Vice President and Treasurer of World Bank Group
In office 2001–2006
Managing Director Operations of World Bank Group
In office 2006–2010
Deputy Secretary of New Zealand Treasury
In office 1993–1997
Director of Macroeconomic Policy of New Zealand Treasury
In office 1990–1993

Personal details
Born	(1951-10-30) 30 October 1951 (age 72)

Graeme Paul Wheeler CNZM (born 30 October 1951) is a former Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from 2012 to September 2017. He succeeded Alan Bollard in this role on 26 September 2012 and was succeeded by Grant Spencer.

Professional career

Educated at the University of Auckland, Wheeler began working at the New Zealand Treasury in 1973 as an adviser. From 1984 to 1990 he was economic and financial councillor for the New Zealand delegation to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, eventually becoming director of macroeconomic policy at the New Zealand Treasury in 1990. In 1997, he went to work for the World Bank Group, firstly as director of the Financial Products and Services Department. From 2001 to 2006 he was Treasurer and Vice-President of the World Bank. From 2006 to 2010 he was managing director of operations at the World Bank overseeing 12,000 staff and a US$1.7 billion budget. In 2010, Wheeler left the World Bank to start his own firm, advising investors and Russian policy makers about Russian privatisation.^[1] Wheeler currently serves as a company director in Europe and China.^[2]

Reserve Bank Governor

Wheeler succeeded Alan Bollard as Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand on 26 September 2012.^[3] Wheeler was replaced by Deputy Governor Grant Spencer on 27 September 2017.^[4] In the 2018 New Year Honours, Wheeler was appointed Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to the state.^[5]

Cricketing career

A right-hand batsman and right-arm medium-pace bowler, Wheeler played one first-class match for Wellington in the 1981–82 season and two List A games where he topped the New Zealand bowling averages.^[6]^[7]

References

^ Weir, James (27 June 2012). "Who is the new Reserve Bank boss?". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Graeme Wheeler". Central Banking. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ Weir, James (25 September 2012). "Bollard leaves upbeat message". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Sheridan, Eamonn (26 September 2017). "This time tomorrow we'll have the 1st OCR decision from a new RBNZ governor". forexlive.com. Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
^ "New Year honours list 2018". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 30 December 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
^ "cricHQ". cricHQ. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
^ Graeme Wheeler at ESPNcricinfo